Asking cute stranger out to a date: Agreeing on a day, time and place

💬 Quel means "which" or "what" before a noun, and it changes spelling to match the noun: quelle heure ? "what time?". All forms sound the same, so only the spelling changes.

💬 French days of the week take no capital letter and need no "on": samedi alone means "on Saturday". Add le (le samedi) and it means "on Saturdays", as a habit.

💬 Vous keeps this polite. With someone you've become friendly with, it becomes Ça te va ?.

💬 Ça vous va ? is a handy way to check if something suits someone. Put any day, time or place in front: Quinze heures, ça vous va ? "Does three o'clock suit you?"

💬 Le matin means "in the morning" with no word for "in". The same goes for le soir "in the evening".

🇫🇷 The French routinely use the 24-hour clock for plans and appointments, even in casual speech. Quinze heures is a perfectly natural way to set up a date.

💬 Naming the thing first and then checking it with c'est bien ? is a very common spoken pattern. It works for anything: Ce café, c'est bien ? "Is this café good?"

💬 On here means "we", and it is what people actually say in conversation instead of nous. In casual speech, the question word où can simply go at the end.

💬 Au is à + le squeezed into one word, and it always happens before a masculine noun: au café, au parc "at the park". Before a feminine noun they stay apart: à la mairie.

🇫🇷 Every French town and village has a mairie, usually right on the main square. That makes it an easy landmark everyone knows for setting a meeting point.

💬 Près is always followed by de: près de la gare "near the station". Before le the two merge into du, as in près du café.

🇫🇷 Suggesting a café for a first meeting is the classic French move. It's public, low-pressure and easy to stretch into a longer date or keep short.

💬 Connaître is the "know" for places and people you're familiar with, while savoir is for facts. Here je connais needs no "it", which is normal in casual speech.

💬 Alors at the end works like "then" or "so" to wrap things up. Repeating the plan this way confirms it: Au café, alors. "At the café, then."

🇫🇷 This is the standard friendly goodbye during the day. In the evening, switch to Bonne soirée ! "Have a nice evening!"

💬 À plus a day or time is the standard "see you" goodbye. You can swap in other times: À demain ! "See you tomorrow!", À ce soir ! "See you tonight!"